Rating: 
Summary: SKINNY PUPPY = THE BEST! NETTWERK = SAD JOB!
Review: First of all, the only reason this did not get 5 stars is NOT because of the band (Skinny Puppy, the godfathers of EBM INDUSTRIAL) but is because of the utter LACK by the label NETTWERK that did NOTHING but put the VHS version on DVD without ANY MENUS, GRAPHICS, NOTHING EXTRA!
if you have the VHS tape, there is NO NEED to buy the DVD!
if you don't have the VHS, this is a good buy, which is why I give it 3 stars. Peak era Skinny Puppy in one of the best live shows I have ever seen (except Alien Sex Fiend was pretty darn godly!) and is an instant classic of performance art & harsh electronics!
Rating: 
Summary: 5 stars for puppy 0 for netwerk
Review: First, this is the only way i've ever seen Ain't it Dead Yet. I never saw the VHS version. It is really bad the way they cut the beginning and end off. And the way the video skips between tracks totally blows. But other than that, i was completely mesmerised for 70 minutes. I never got to see puppy live, and since they're not around anymore, this DVD is as close as i'll ever get. For any puppy fans who haven't seen this yet, its totally worth the money. I would buy it again if they did a better job with it though.
Rating: 
Summary: i don't want to talk about it
Review: First, this is the only way i've ever seen Ain't it Dead Yet. I never saw the VHS version. It is really bad the way they cut the beginning and end off. And the way the video skips between tracks totally blows. But other than that, i was completely mesmerised for 70 minutes. I never got to see puppy live, and since they're not around anymore, this DVD is as close as i'll ever get. For any puppy fans who haven't seen this yet, its totally worth the money. I would buy it again if they did a better job with it though.
Rating: 
Summary: SHAME ON NETTWERK!
Review: I hesitated to purchase the original run of this DVD after reading complaints about the chapter issues and missing introduction. When the second edition came out I was impatient, jumped the gun, and bought it. While I'm extremely happy with the video, especially in comparison to the VHS version I suffered for so many years, the audio infuriates me. VOLUME DROP-OUTS!!! While I'm not as into SP as I was, say 15 years ago, this was supposed to be a very welcome addition to my permanent DVD collection, but, sadly, while I love having it, it's an imperfect presentation of a perfect (or nearly perfect) performance that will be sold, or given away, when a properly mastered version is released. My suggestion: buy it from eBay used to prevent Nettwerk from making another penny off of this mishandled / apparently unappreciated band. In a perfect world Nettwork would send all of us who purchased this a replacement copy if we sent in a proof of purchase tab, but they probably can't even address an envelope so...
Rating:
Summary: BUY THE VHS INSTEAD!!!! DEFECTIVE PRODUCT!!!!!
Review: I used to own this on VHS, and loved it. When I saw it was available on DVD I snagged it. The sound drops out two or three times, on several tracks, which is infuriating enough. But my copy goes back to the main menu after each song!!! There are also several little glitches in the video. I just got this today, and have only spent ten frustrating minutes with this disc. They were bad enough to prompt me to write this review. Now, the show itself is classic puppy, and the songs are great. Ogre's performance is just plain scary. This would be the perfect video to play at your next church function or children's birthday party. But just take into consideration. Nettwerk is ripping you off, and the band off with this inferior and quite defective disc.
Rating:
Summary: 5 stars for puppy 0 for netwerk
Review: on the first version they cut off the first 10 min. now they mess up the sound big time. the sound just constantly shifts into one speaker. I have to just put the cd on and mute the dvd
Rating:
Summary: Catalog Title, Catalog Treatment
Review: This is a great title, but it's marred once again by "catalog title" treatment. You know the type: Mastering booth puts in an original tape master into the machine, goes to get some coffee, and returns when it's done. It's the same lackluster treatment that classic material gets all the time when someone doesn't see the value in what they're mastering outside of fleecing the faithful. Left channel dropouts, video errors... this title has 'em. Outside of some glaring issues, this title smokes and has never looked better. The video quality is great when it's not glitching. Buyer beware: this is a flawed title, but from the prior release it appears this is as good as it's going to get.
Rating:
Summary: Catalog Title, Catalog Treatment
Review: This is a great title, but it's marred once again by "catalog title" treatment. You know the type: Mastering booth puts in an original tape master into the machine, goes to get some coffee, and returns when it's done. It's the same lackluster treatment that classic material gets all the time when someone doesn't see the value in what they're mastering outside of fleecing the faithful. Left channel dropouts, video errors... this title has 'em. Outside of some glaring issues, this title smokes and has never looked better. The video quality is great when it's not glitching. Buyer beware: this is a flawed title, but from the prior release it appears this is as good as it's going to get.
Rating:
Summary: Nettwerk really messed up this dvd!!
Review: UPDATED: Nettwerk plans to recall AIDY DVD to fix the problems I have listed below. Please hold back on purchasing this dvd until the recall is finished!
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first off, i did not rate this dvd a 3 because of content, but rather the way the dvd is mastered. Content wise, this dvd is great. It's a concert from July 1, 1987 - Toronto, Ont. It's a perfect presentation of what the "Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate" tour was like.
Now to the bad part. Whoever mastered this dvd (i think it was Nettmedia), did a poor job!! My first complaint is that the intro and ending credits were edited out of this dvd!! On the dvd, the show starts half way through ANGER. There is no intro, no build up, etc... The intro to this concert (which can be seen on the VHS copy) is simply amazing and is one of the best intros i've ever seen!! But if you don't have the vhs copy and this dvd will be your first viewing of this show, you're gonna be missing out. My other main problem with this disc is that during some track switching, there will be a slight glitch or a second or two is missing from the show. This is due to poor editing and SHAME on Nettwerk for not even going over this problem!!! They got some lazy workers over there!!
It saddens me that Nettwerk did such a poor job on this dvd. Anyone with a DVD-R and capturing device could have done a better job! (Something i might do when dvd-r drives become cheap).
Quality of the dvd is the same as a newly viewed vhs copy. Which isn't too bad. but it could have been worse as obvisiously nettwerk could care less about Skinny Puppy.
Oh yeah, Nettwerk still has a misprint on the cover and menu of the dvd. It still lists "One Time One Place" as "God's Gift".
Rating:
Summary: Nettwerk really messed up this dvd!!
Review: UPDATED: Nettwerk plans to recall AIDY DVD to fix the problems I have listed below. Please hold back on purchasing this dvd until the recall is finished!
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first off, i did not rate this dvd a 3 because of content, but rather the way the dvd is mastered. Content wise, this dvd is great. It's a concert from July 1, 1987 - Toronto, Ont. It's a perfect presentation of what the "Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate" tour was like.
Now to the bad part. Whoever mastered this dvd (i think it was Nettmedia), did a poor job!! My first complaint is that the intro and ending credits were edited out of this dvd!! On the dvd, the show starts half way through ANGER. There is no intro, no build up, etc... The intro to this concert (which can be seen on the VHS copy) is simply amazing and is one of the best intros i've ever seen!! But if you don't have the vhs copy and this dvd will be your first viewing of this show, you're gonna be missing out. My other main problem with this disc is that during some track switching, there will be a slight glitch or a second or two is missing from the show. This is due to poor editing and SHAME on Nettwerk for not even going over this problem!!! They got some lazy workers over there!!
It saddens me that Nettwerk did such a poor job on this dvd. Anyone with a DVD-R and capturing device could have done a better job! (Something i might do when dvd-r drives become cheap).
Quality of the dvd is the same as a newly viewed vhs copy. Which isn't too bad. but it could have been worse as obvisiously nettwerk could care less about Skinny Puppy.
Oh yeah, Nettwerk still has a misprint on the cover and menu of the dvd. It still lists "One Time One Place" as "God's Gift".
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